League of Legends' Evelynn is getting a rework | New abilities and art

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One of the earliest champions in League of Legends, Evelynn, the Widowmaker, has been a nightmare for balancing. Her passive, which made her go invisible, became a constant challenge whenever the game was changed up, as she was such an outlier. Any changes to how vision works typically meant Evelynn would have some weeks of dominance, before being nerfed into obsolescence.

What are Evelynn's abilities?

Passive - Demon Shade:

After avoiding combat for a few seconds, Evelynn is enveloped by Demon Shade. If Evelynn's health is low, she'll recover it quickly while this ability is active. Starting at level 6, Demon Shade also grants camouflage—this makes Evelynn hidden from view to all except nearby enemy champions, control wards, and turrets.

Q - Hate Spike:

Evelynn lashes out in a target direction, dealing damage to the first unit hit. If the lash strikes a target, Evelynn's next three spells or attacks on that target will deal additional damage. If the struck target is a monster, a significant chunk of Hate Spike's cooldown will be refunded. After the initial cast, Evelynn can recast Hate Spike up to three times to fire a line of spikes through the nearest enemy. The spikes deal damage to all enemies hit. Hate Spike prioritizes the enemy Evelynn is attacking.

W - Lust Dust:

Evelynn briefly curses a target champion or monster, briefly revealing her location to her target. Hitting the cursed target with basic attacks or Eve's other spells will expunge the curse, refunding Lust Dust's mana cost and significantly slowing the target.

If the curse lasts for at least a couple of seconds, expunging it will charm the target. If the target is an enemy champion, their magic resistance will be reduced for a few seconds. If the target is a monster, the length of the charm will be increased and the spell will deal bonus damage.

Casting Lust Dust does not break Demon Shade's camouflage.

E - Whiplash & Empowered Whiplash:

Whiplash -Evelynn impales an enemy with her lashers, applying on-hit effects and dealing damage as a percentage of the target's maximum health. Evelynn is then granted a short burst of movement speed.

Empowered Whiplast -Evelynn pulls herself to her target before impaling them, then deals Whiplash's effects to her target and all nearby enemies.

R - Widowmaker:

Evelynn unleashes her demonic energy, becoming untargetable and decimating enemies in front of her. She then warps backwards. This ability deals bonus damage to low-health enemies.

Evelynn has been given a makeover, too

What is Evelynn's role?

We can still expect Evelynn to be a jungler, it's the role she fits best. Her theme of being an assassin, one that can cause her target to fall for her, is more obvious on her gameplay though. She's less of a threat before level 6 than you might be used to, but her combos still seem to be the same. Before level 6, she's a jungler who will farm as much as possible, taking advantage of enemies that don't ward but without a huge threat. After 6, she can use her camouflage to get into position to plant her Lust Dust, following it up soon after with combos, using Widowmaker to finish an enemy off.

It might be best to think of her ganks as being similar to Ekko's - both use their W ability when approaching the lane, preparing the opponent for the gank. Knowing when to do this is how to gank effectively.

When is Evelynn coming out?

Soon, hopefully! We can probably expect her on the League of Legends PBE tomorrow, and for her to arrive on live servers in two weeks, probably the week of October 9, although that's not confirmed.